Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-20
SALT LAKE CITY.
4 Letter Concerning tha Eorm9rs and
8GT""nlsnl-SA La 9 CitY
snd is Attractions.
kxfc'fh That Quarter of the Globe Where
Living is Radically Different
From Most Other Quarters.
SALT LAKE CITY, Ut. Sept. 10, Is57.

Now that have pen in hand, supported
py and driven under the whip and spur of
Indexible resolution TO again write TIE
GAZETTE the peculiar features and char
scteristics OF the situation in the midst Cf
which 1 fad myself, brings wildly TO
mind the subtle suggestivenesso of the hall
hidden virtue OF an ancient proverb,
which looms graudly upon the tablet Of
memory. 1t WIS old Hessiod of Athens,
| believe, who aptly remarked that, "The
half was sometimes greater than
the whole" Just what his
environs and circumstances were
at the time, which inspired and evolved q
train OF reflections of such soberness and
energy as to cause to blossom forth an
idea SO novel, a verbal parade so quaint,
startling and unheard Of, may never be
precisely known. 1t is possible he may
have, after much worry and profanity,
sought and secured a truce with On or
binary boarding house steak, ard merely
meant to vent personal Whim or pique.
1t IS not unlmaginable, however, and
take it to be in perfect accord with the
promptines of the noblest charity to af-
tirm, that, aL this precise moment, be had
Just risen after filing himself to the
OTim with safety, from close and labor
ed perusal and qualitative analysis Of q
manuscript copy of an essay, boldly con-
ceiyed and hopefully sprung and put
forSh, as a prop and main5tay Of the Ian
fguishing cause OF prohibition. 1t is not
insupposab!e on the other hand, that the
cid poet may have bad an eye trained
upon and fur,ively squirting towards
some pesky tyro OF corresr ondent or
authorizing, and meant and purposed TO
make clear and manifest his exalted sp-
probation Of the lost, maYhaps, l should
| say, the laConiC art CT COMPRISING terse-
| ly, much sense and marrowy substance,
within the narrow confines of q
nutshell. The trail l am rur-
suing; l know to be quite
| cold, sbut shall not abandon it, nor put
Ftp wit5 enyN repulse until l chance my
luck oSce Rore in the lottery of coniec-
ture. TAs tTuism, so exQuisitely set be-
! fore US, must, in spirit opposed to mar
w-mindedness, be allowed g still
wider scope CT application. The writer
then, highly prizing his vantage ground,
cannot foregO his option, under the
put and call system IN vogue, of Is sum-
| ing, sitting as he is in the meridian glow
Of the iGCaniescent lights OF instructive
/ ulOuCIu SOClal NuSLpuS anu DCDUiaE
useges, aud plural marriages, that at III is,
( perhaps critical moment in our hero's life,
| he was the Cr0uchiDg and hepless
sudjtor and victim, Of warm and lengthy
curtsin lecture. We will allow, however
wide Of the mark Of his motives we may
| be In our random shots in the field Of
speculation, that it is quite agreeable to
the canoUs Ct good taste to asCribe to
n bn I'M -SVf, - fSs NE
| honorable impulses, Snd en- unselh3h
desire to teach, through the egency Of
| the moral properties of the adage, q
Iessen big with wholesome admoniti0n
"a latent energy of the nature of inspira-
uonaI force seems to iuheTe within and
vest with peculiar interest ard charm
treasures of the sort which descend
to us, like i harmless and per
TUNED arrow, sped by the strong
DOW Of UIyssis, and winged for
eternity from the wisdom crowned
heights of the hosry past. That Nor
monism, with it its heertless eXactions,
hollow religious pretenses and unrefned
methods, is stumbling block in the way
CT the progress Of enlightened civilizs-
ti0r, and at war with the better instincts
CT our nature, and refining and ennobling
impulses, none can honestly deny.
Palmyra, New York, is the birth place Of
the creed and sect. Here it was Graded
in It's infancy and grew TO be strong, un-
der the Durturing care CT that fortune
telling witch Of @ woman with an evil eye
the mother of J. Z. Smith
the reputed organizer and founder
of the church Of Latter-D ay-Saints
To the disCreGit Of the sect, the staple
constituents of the character Of Smith
and his mother were ignorance and su
perstitiOus belief. He was man c.
many idi0syIcrsCies and believed that {
lie told was as good as the truth in mora
worth, in proportion that it served his
purposes as we'll. He was finally assas-
sinated and was lSid away unhonored
save by mis- faithful followers. Quitting
New York, they found their way unop
; posed to Ohio. The climate WAS too IN
congenial for them to remain there long
so they sought and secured & foothold il
Illinois, near C&rlhsge. an outburst o.
righteous Indignation again set then
adrift beg and baggage, ate,
manY collisions and some
bloodshed: and to-day here, in the after
noon of the nineteenth century, when tht
suroral dawn OF the climax Of civilization
is near the zenith, sits enthroned like 6
foe couchant, this puissant despotism
dtstilling its virus-like venom, as does tn:
deadly upss tree. The tap root of thei
, heretical doctrines hiss been sert deer
down into the soil OF Utah. The ruin!
. power IS sort of hierarchy, made up 0
the president, his two special advisers
and twelve chosen apostles. Brigham
r Young came IN psf upon the heels o
! Smith as president Of the church. Brig
: ham was morbidly selfish, and wa
most con!ented when he had his paws Il
9 the church treasury. By dying earlier b
might have earned the respect aod hav
won and secured grand, swelling choru
Of applause and l0-cent monumen
from his gentle countrymen. The mex
candidate for questionable fame Wa
: Taylor, who appears upon the scene 8
G Yourg's successor. He has but re
: Gently passed away, as quietly SIS falls tn
= snowflake, law-accursed snd al the tim
a fugitivsfrom justice. at this time ii
! churchvhas no president, but remains
drmly-kIh and compact organization
Tie Mormons cast above $4,000 vote
in the territory, and of course contre
the legislature. It is plsusibly assume
that these people aim not only at politics
asceadancy, but are seeking to carry OF
iA.Iong cherished idea, of uniting churc
s,}sand state; and subsequently maxim